Spindle-guard for textile-treating machines.



No. e3a,95s Patented Sept: 26, 399. B. u. .GOODALE.

SPINDLE GUARD FOB TEXTILE TREATING MACHINES.

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UNITED STATES PA trENT OF ICE.

BENJAMIN N. GOODALE, OF SACO, MAINE.

SPlNDLE-GUARD FOR TEXTILE-TREATING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 633,956, dated. September 26, 1899. Application filed January 6, 189i) I Serial No 701,330. (No modeLl To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN N. GOODALE,

' of Saco, in the county of York and State of V guards comprising means for preventing the accidental lifting of, the spindles, with their revolving parts, (which consist of the whirls and frictional surfaces,) from their steps or bearings when the spindle is in motion, while permitting the quick easy removal of said parts when the operator for anypurpose desires to take them from the frame.

It is the object of this invention to provide means of the character mentioned which shall be thoroughly efficient for the purposes for which they are intended, be operated with ease, convenience, and quickness, and be out of the way, so as not to interfere with the usual functions of the spindles or other parts of the machines in which the spindles may be used;

To these ends the invention consists in supporting a plate or bar in the rear of the spindles and providing the said plate with fingers or projections which when the plate is in normal position extend over the upper face of the whirl, but when the plate is moved from its normal position will be out of the way, so that one or more ofthe spindles can be raised for the purpose of being oiled or cleaned, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In carrying out my invention I have found it to be satisfactory'in construction and mode of operation to provide the plate with inclined or radial slots and to support it in inclined position, holding it by a bolt and thimble or bushing passing through the slot. By this means the plate can be moved to normal position by its own gravity, and when moved out of the way by a finger of the hand the fingers of the plate may not only be moved to one side, but backward out of the way as well.

Again, under this last-mentioned form the inclined slots can readily be formed at one of their ends, so as to hold the plate looked back or in outof-the-way position.

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawlugs, and to the letters marked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same letters designating the same parts or features, as the basemay be, wherever they occur.

- Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of several spindles of a spoolin g or similar machine and a bolster-rail the latter equipped with my improvements, and the upper part of some of the spindles being represented as broken off to better illustrate the invention.

'Fig. 2 is a sectional end view of what is rep resented in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the finger-plate as constructed in the present instance.

Fig. 4. is a sectional detail view showing a manner in which the finger-plate is engaged and held.

In the drawings, adesignates sleeve-whirl spindles of a spoofing-machine, and b desig nates what may be regarded as the bolsterrail of the same. As is well understood by those skilled in the art, the spindles a when released may be readily lifted out of their steps (not shown) and bolster-rail for the purpose of. cleaning, oiling, or repairs. When, however, the machine is in use and the spindles are running, it is necessary, in order to guard against accident and insure desired results, that they should be prevented from lifting out'of their steps or bearings, and when it is wanted that they should be lifted out itis desirable that this should be done easily and quickly. It is,'furthermore, necessary that the means for preventing their lifting out of place should be out of the way, so as not to obstruct the usual spooling or spinning operations. To provide for these needs andto accomplish the purposes mentioned at the outset of this specification, I

provide what I, for the purposes of this specification, term a finger-plate c, which has formed in it at suitable intervals inclined slots (1, as shown in Fig. 3. 3 Y

c designates brackets which are secured to the bolster-rail or any other suitable part of the machine and upon the upper faces of which there is a bar f, supported in inclined position, and beneath the said bar f I arrange the finger-plate 0, so that it shall also extend in inclined position from the rear of the machine down toward the front. edge of the finger-bar 0 there are formed pro- On the front jections or lingers 1 which correspond when the finger-plate c is in normal position under the platefwith the spindles C6, the said fingers f/ projecting over the upper faces of the whirls h on the spindles, around which the bands run to drive them, it being understood that the whirls are compounded with the spindles or so connected with them as that the spindle and Whirl move together.

i designates bolts which extend through the bar f and through the slots (Z in the fingerplate 0, the said bolts having nuts j turned on their lower ends to hold the finger-bar 0 up in place. I prefer to place a thimble or bushing around the shank i of the bolt, so that the finger-bar may be moved with greater freedom, and when it is desired to operate it and for the same purpose I prefer to interpose a washer Z between the nuts j and the lower surface of the finger-bar c, as is best represented in Fig. *1.

It will now be understood that by making the slots (1 inclined or radial, as shown in Fig. 3, and leaving the said finger-bar loose between the washer Z and the bar the said finger-bar may be moved to one side and backward andwhen released will return to normal position by its own gravity. It is desirable when the bar 0 is moved longitudinally and backward to lock or hold it in the p0sition to which it is thus moved, in which position it will release the spindles, so that they may be lifted out for any purpose, and to secure the holding of the bar in the position of unlocking or freeing the spindles I give to the inclined slot cl at its lower end an upwardlycurved form, as shown at m. This allows the bolts 2' to drop in said upturned portion at and to hold the plate back. After the spindles released by the movement of the plate shall have been cleaned, oiled, or repaired the plate maybe returned to normal position by simply pushing it back with the finger and moving it a little to one side, when it will immediately gravitate to normal position and remain in the latter position until again purposely moved out of the way. If the support for the plate is not inclined, as described, it may be moved to normal or operative position by hand.

It will be understood that in discussing the movement of the bar a I have reference at the same time to the fingers g, which extend over the whirl, since the said fingers are really the eflicient parts of the bar 0 so far as the holding of the spindles in place or releasing them is concerned.

By thisimprovement very simple, inexpensive, and at the same time thoroughly-efficient means are provided for preventing the lifting of the spindles,with their attached whirls, out of proper operative position, and means, too, which are out of the Way, so as not to interfere with the other functions of the machine,

applied to a form of sleeve-whirl spindle, it

will of course be understood that the same is applicable to various kinds of spindles that are in use in machines of this kind.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, it is declared that what is claimed is- 1. The combination, with the spindles and their whirls, of a movable plate provided with inclined slots and having fingers 9 adapted to project over the whirls, a support for the plate, and bolts projecting from the said support through the said slots, whereby the spindles are prevented from lifting from their proper operative position.

2. The combination, with the spindles and their whirls, of a movable plate provided with inclined slots and having fingers adapted to project over the whirls, a support to maintain the plate in inclined position, and bolts projecting from the .said inclined supports through the said inclined slots, whereby the accidentaldisplacement of the spindles is prevented.

3. The combination, with the spindles and their whirls, of a movable plate provided with inclined slots curved upwardly at their lower ends, as at m, and having fingers adapted to project over the whirls, a support to maintain the plate in inclined position, and bolts projecting from the said inclined supports through the said inclined slots.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 16th day of December, A. D. 1898.

BENJAMIN N. GOODALE. lVitnesses:

JOHN L. GOODALE, SIMON E. Foss. 

